Members of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry (pictured) recognized three chemists Wednesday for their work to create metal-organic frameworks.

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A chemist from the University of California, Berkeley, was among the trio of scientists awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry on Wednesday.

Omar Yaghi, the Berkeley professor ; Susumu Kitagawa from Kyoto University in Japan; and Richard Robson from the University of Melbourne in Australia were recognized for their work since the 1990s to develop a new form of molecular architecture that combines metal ions and carbon-based molecules, according to a release from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, which administers the Nobel Prize.

The metal-organic frameworks can harvest water or store toxic gases.

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